If you learned the correct way a hundred years ago there would be no issue.
This issue is the people who never learned or who have forgotten.
The useage rule I dimly remember was "Use 'its' as if you were using 'his'"
Rick
Robert Treat wrote:
>On Mon, 2003-12-15 at 11:53, James Moe wrote:
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>'tis not as simple as that my friend, 'tis really more a matter of
>dialect.
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>http://www.word-detective.com/back-d.html#its
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>Robert Treat
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